Princeton author and professor Ruha Benjamin wants us to reckon with the impossible. A world without prisons? Schools that foster the genius of every child?
“We need to remind ourselves how many times people have overturned things that seemed impossible to change,” Benjamin, a sociologist, said during a recent talk at Northwestern University. Her appearance, which drew an enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd on Jan. 23, was part of the School of Education and Social Policy’s Nancy and Ray Loeschner Leadership Lecture Series and the Institute for Policy Research’s Distinguished Public Policy Lecture Series.
IPR sociologist Beth Redbird is leading a research team to catalogue and analyze Native American tribal constitutions to understand them as historical and legal documents.
Northwestern postdoctoral scholar in psychology Michalis Mamakos and IPR social psychologist Eli Finkel unpack the role toxic commenters play in distorting public discourse.
New research from IPR faculty investigates the COVID-19 "baby bump," income segregation in cities, and the online learning landscape.
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"Paid family leave is good for babies and their families, and it can go a long way toward reducing societal inequalities in maternal and infant health outcomes."
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